I did get to work on some casting practice and I want to talk a little about wind. When you're fly fishing, whether on a trout stream, a river for smallmouth bass, and especially on a saltwater flat, you're going to run into wind.
Today I was practicing with my 8 weight into a 10 mph wind, and I did pretty good. I was able to reach 65 pretty consistently and still hit my target. I'm feeling ready to hit the bonefish flat. I could boom a few casts to 80 feet, but couldn't do much more.
To show you what wind can do, I decided to turn around and see what I could do with a 10 mph wind behind me. I nailed 100 feet on the first try.
So practice your casting into the wind. You can bet whether you're on The Bonefish Flat, or on your favorite Montana trout stream, that you're going to be casting into the wind.
I also got a little time at the vise. Here's a pic from my tying adventure.
I tied and trimmed up a few Merkins, a gotcha with orange thread (as suggested by my friend Pete), and a Kwan, which I may call a GLOK, for Griffin's Love on Kwan, which is a Kwan fly but I'm using red crystal flash for the butt. So, how much do you have to change a fly before you can name it??
Finally, let's remember to keep our friends in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast in our thoughts and prayers. This oil slick looks like it could really ruin a fantastic fishery. Of course, along with it, the lives of some people who really deserve a break. I was scheduled to go to New Orleans later this year and go redfishing, not sure if that will happen now or not. This disaster should trouble us all.
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